sometimes grind teeth when sleep at night
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how stop? don't want to wear a plastic mouthguard, also don't want to loose teeth
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Try chew chios mastika before bad or have one near you, maybe?
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@Cearrson said in sometimes grind teeth when sleep at night:
how stop? don't want to wear a plastic mouthguard, also don't want to loose teeth
I used to have a pretty major problem with TMJ. For two years prior to being diagnosed with TMJ, I ground my teeth at night. I don't have any TMJ issues anymore and I don't grind my teeth either.
there's lots on TMJ and:
vitamin D deficiency, estrogen dominance, and magnesiumIn addition to taking high dose thiamine hcl, I also supplement with D and magnesium and progesterone (lowers estrogen).
Searching for "Trigeminal neuralgia" and thiamine deficiency" yielded this article:
https://www.objectivenutrients.com/insights/thiamine-ttfd-nerve-damage-trigeminal-neuralgia-hearing-loss/
Bingo. I knew it was the high dose thiamine that solved that TMJ problem for me.If thiamine deficiency is the cause of your teeth grinding, taking some thiamine should resolve the problem pretty quickly (here's hoping). The first time I took 300-350mg thiamine hcl with water only and 30 minutes away from food, all my pain from inflammation caused by lactic acidosis disappeared within 45 minutes.
There's also a sublingual thiamine mononitrate that is absorbed under the tongue that you might find of interest. Here's a link to where to buy the sublingual and details on how to take it.
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@mostlylurking Thanks for the tips I will look into it all and return to report, I frankly don't know how often i do it or how bad it is, but my dad grinds real bad and is now 55 and basically gonna need to get all his teeth removed and just have dentures. I don't think I do it as bad as him but definitely something I dont want to deal with. Whats TMJ btw?
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Gut irritation can cause it. Anything that lowers serotonin should help.
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@Cearrson Take lots of magnesium bisglycinate every single night before bed. I get it in a powder and make my own 00 size capsules and take 5-7 every night, with some eggshell mixed in.
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@Cearrson said in sometimes grind teeth when sleep at night:
@mostlylurking Thanks for the tips I will look into it all and return to report, I frankly don't know how often i do it or how bad it is, but my dad grinds real bad and is now 55 and basically gonna need to get all his teeth removed and just have dentures. I don't think I do it as bad as him but definitely something I dont want to deal with. Whats TMJ btw?
TMD (Temporomandibular Disorders)
The high dose thiamine worked for me. My TMJ was so bad, sometimes my jaw would lock up and I couldn't open my mouth at all. Thiamine supplementation beats surgery any day.
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My endodontist who is pretty holistic suggested I see a "sleep dentist" for my grinding.
theres a mouthguard called the aqualizer that's supposed not be a full time thing, but is supposed to re-train the jaw to not grind: https://aqualizer.com/
It's kind of small so i would do your homework and talk to your dentist or someone far smarter than me to make sure you're not gonna choke on it while you sleep.
Also have heard that grinding can be related to parasites
One easy, free, and immediate thing to consider to see if it works is somatic meditation, on the nights when I do this or a similar meditation I'm able to release tension in my entire body that I wasn't even realizing I was holding, most of the time its in my face/neck/jaw
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@mostlylurking what Vit. D do you use? is it a liquid or pill, I had a buddy recommend a D3 liquid, doubt it matters much frankly, just curious.
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@Cearrson said in sometimes grind teeth when sleep at night:
@mostlylurking what Vit. D do you use? is it a liquid or pill, I had a buddy recommend a D3 liquid, doubt it matters much frankly, just curious.
I use this one.
